The Story of Boudica, Warrior Queen

The Story of Boudica, Warrior Queen

Join Kelli as she goes over the popular legend of Boudica, the short-lived queen of the Iceni peoples in Iron Age Britain. Much of what we know about Boudica comes from heavily-biased Roman sources, written decades or over a century after the events they describe. So how much of her story is fact, and how much is fiction? And was Boudica even a real person? Let's dive into the available written and archaeological sources and analyze why the Romans might have written about her the way they did...

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The Spanish Inquisition

The Spanish Inquisition

Join Kelli as she goes over the history behind the Spanish Inquisition. How and why did Spain hunt down heretics to purge the country of non-Catholics? And there will be a LOT of medieval torture de...

18 Elo 202430min

The Great Plague and Great Fire of London

The Great Plague and Great Fire of London

Join Kelli as she goes over the Great Plague of London, 1665-1666, which ended in part thanks to the Great Fire of London, 1666. These are two big events that killed off a good chunk of London's popu...

4 Elo 202427min

The Black Death

The Black Death

Join Kelli for her fiftieth episode where she explores her favorite topic - The Black Death! It's an all-out disease fest, where she goes over the symptoms of plague, how it spread, who it impacted, ...

21 Heinä 202440min

The Hindenburg Disaster

The Hindenburg Disaster

Join Kelli as she goes over the Hindenburg Disaster. On May 6, 1937, the Hindenburg Zeppelin exploded and caught fire as it was landing at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey. 36 of the 97 p...

7 Heinä 202431min

The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster

The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster

Join Kelli as she goes over the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, where a massive 9.0/9.1 earthquake 80 miles off the eastern coast of Japan triggers a tsunami that killed tens of thousands and caused milli...

23 Kesä 202431min

The Medusa Shipwreck

The Medusa Shipwreck

Join Kelli as she goes over the tragedy of the Medusa Shipwreck. When a French frigate bound for Senegal hits a sandbank and sinks, some get on the lifeboats, while a large portion are stuck on a hast...

9 Kesä 202439min

The Victorian Houses of Death

The Victorian Houses of Death

Join Kelli as she talks about Victorian-era hospitals in London, known as the Houses of Death because of their fatality rates. These were the most unsanitary of places, and today we'll go into all the...

26 Touko 202429min

The Tale of Liver-Eating Johnson

The Tale of Liver-Eating Johnson

Join Kelli as she goes over the tale of Liver-Eating Johnson, a mountain man in the early 19th century American frontier who became legendary for how he avenged the murder and scalping of his Flathead...

12 Touko 202426min

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